Teaching-Learning Styles and the Adult Learner.

Conti, Gary J.; Welborn, Ruth B.

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ERIC Number: EJ335474

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Publication Date: 1986

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Teaching-Learning Styles and the Adult Learner.

Conti, Gary J.; Welborn, Ruth B.

Lifelong Learning, v9 n8 p20-23,24 Jun 1986

Discusses a recent study that examined the impact of teaching style and of learning style on the academic achievement of health professionals returning to continuing education courses. The effects of teaching and learning style were measured by examining each student's grade at the end of the course and adjusting it for the student's overall grade point average in college. (CT)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cognitive Style, Continuing Education, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Postsecondary Education, Teaching Styles

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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